Rheumatology | European Federation of Internal Medicine

Rheumatology (Greek ρεύμα, rheuma, river) is a sub-specialty in internal medicine and pediatrics, devoted to diagnosis and therapyof rheumatic diseases. Clinicians who specialize in rheumatology are called rheumatologists. Rheumatologists deal mainly with clinical problems involving joints, soft tissues, autoimmune diseases, vasculitis, and heritable connective tissue disorders.

New teaching tool could help doctors screen for PsA

Posted on: 01/05/2015 - 21:38

A new teaching tool based on the acronym mnemonic PSA may help doctors to screen for psoriatic arthritis in patients with psoriasis or a strong family... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Tocilizumab shows promise as systemic sclerosis treatment

Posted on: 01/05/2015 - 17:10

MANCHESTER, U.K. – Tocilizumab showed signs of improving skin and other symptoms in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) in an ongoing proof-of-co... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

TRACE-RA: Statin therapy may prevent CVD in RA

Posted on: 29/04/2015 - 19:53

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – Results of the Trial of Atorvastatin for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

RA susceptibility gene linked with disease severity, treatment response

Posted on: 28/04/2015 - 16:00

Specific haplotypes of the of the HLA-DRB1 gene – well known to confer increased risk for rheumatoid arthritis – proved to be strong, independent ... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Etanercept maintenance therapy feasible in some RA patients

Posted on: 27/04/2015 - 13:20

Rheumatoid arthritis patients with low disease activity are less likely to flare if they continue their treatment with etanercept and methotrexate, ev... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Strength of morning RA symptoms are correlated with disease’s activity

Posted on: 23/04/2015 - 22:17

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients’ severity of morning stiffness and morning pain have stronger correlations with their disease’s activity than d... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

T cells remain best urinary biomarker for lupus nephritis

Posted on: 21/04/2015 - 16:25

T cells are still the most accurate urinary biomarker for lupus nephritis, reported Katharina Kopetschke and her coauthors. In a study of 123 lupus p... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

RA patients face significant out-of-pocket costs under Medicare

Posted on: 21/04/2015 - 05:01

Medicare Part D recipients with rheumatoid arthritis face an average of over $2,700 per year in out-of-pocket expenses for biologic disease-modifying ... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

NSAIDs for depression

Posted on: 20/04/2015 - 20:03

At the risk of stating the obvious, our patients are becoming increasingly complex. Life is prolonged and comorbidities accumulate, creating dizzying ... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

New psoriatic arthritis screening tool passes initial validation

Posted on: 17/04/2015 - 19:00

The second version of the Toronto Psoriatic Arthritis screen performed well at identifying psoriatic arthritis in 336 psoriasis patients, 131 psoriati... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

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